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Re:Synology Lost the Plot with Hard Drive Locking Move by ellen364 on Tuesday April 22, 2025 @03:25AM (#43759846)
I've been mostly happy with a Terrmaster DAS attached to a mini PC running UnRaid. The bays are hotswappable and overall it's been solid.

I say "mostly" happy because I almost returned it. The USB connection between mini PC and Terramaster would be fine for a few days and then during intense operations like parity checks would disconnect and look like parity error/disk failure, except the disks were fine. Eventually realised the DAS uses power from the USB port as well as the adapter plug and the mini PC wasn't supplying enough power. Since attaching a powered USB hub it's been perfect.

Explanation of symptoms and solution, in case anyone is considering one or has the same problem: https://forum.terra-master.com/en/viewtopic.php?t=5830

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Re:Synology Lost the Plot with Hard Drive Locking Move by webstrand on Tuesday April 22, 2025 @08:35AM (#43761390)
I had the same issue, same solution worked for me too.

It works well, but USB connection could be faster, and it bogs down when doing writes with soft-raid. I've been thinking about going for a DAS solution connected directly via SAS, instead. Still musing about what enclosure to use, though.

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